GLAMORGAN batsmen Michael Powell believes England Academy's planned tour to Sri Lanka could be beneficial to the disaster-struck region. The island republic is still coming to terms with the scale of death and devastation caused by the Boxing Day tsunami
Chris Higham visited Helsinki with no idea what her weekend trip would entail - but was still surprised to come face to face with hordes of red squirrels and some cowboys. THE image of red squirrels clambering over delighted small children is not one
NEWPORT County boss John Cornforth, pictured, is backing his side to move clear of the Conference South relegation dog-fight, but admits he is fast running out of options to turn things around. The County chief watched his side slump to a 2-0 defeat at
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons coach Chris Anderson believes the team possess the tools to do the job against Newcastle on Sunday and secure a last gasp qualification for the quarter-finals of the Heineken Cup. Anderson was delighted with the Dragons' eight-try
A ROGIET-based engineering support business is celebrating its first anniversary. The rapid take-up of its on-site machinery repairs and maintenance service has encouraged its directors to plan a 150% increase in turnover in the next two years to £500,000
IT'S not often you find a 6m Premiership footballer working in the kitchen of a Gwent restaurant. Imagine the surprise when I discovered Everton's new striker James Beattie baking the daily bread at The Foxhunter in Nantyderry near Abergavenny. He denied
THE POST Office has a new swagger in its step since its last set of financial results and its latest target is capturing a five per cent stake of BT's residential telephony market. Yesterday the Post Office launched its new HomePhone service to take advantage
KITCHEN installation contracts worth £500,000 a year are up for grabs as IKEA Cardiff gears up for fitting its kitchens in homes across South Wales. IKEA claims this is a fantastic opportunity for a Gwent firm as it would like to appoint at least one
MY mantra during 2004 was that Wales possesses a vib-rant manufacturing base well able to meet the challenges of the modern world. Indeed, the most recent national statistics bulletin showed that manufacturing output in Wales for the last quarter of 2004
REMPLOY aims to make 2005 a year in which we encourage employers in Wales to give more job opportunities to disabled workers than ever before. Our company came into being exactly 60 years ago and is now the UK's largest provider of employment opportunities
SIXTH form students have gone to the aid of Gwent businesses in a three-day engineering workshop at the University of Wales, Newport. Their agile minds were engaged in building devices to detect faults in DVDs, improving materials handling and testing
Ken Bennett outdoes Jules Verne by whizzing Around The World In 80 Minutes - Las Vegas style - and gives some dollar-saving tips along the way, too JOIN me on a journey that takes you from Egypt to Italy in eight minutes and from Paris to New York in
A GWENT community was angered last night when council chiefs recommended closing a secondary school despite massive public opposition. The closure of Trevethin Community School in Pontypool has been on the cards for more than a year because of a dramatic
AN ELDERLY woman died and a man is fighting for his life today after a hit-and-run crash in Crumlin. Police say dog handlers and a helicopter were called out to search the area after the driver of one of the two cars involved left the scene of the accident
WHO is on the back foot now? Who's under pressure this week? It's none other than Wales' favourite Englishman Rob Andrew. Only a few days ago the former England fly half, long since Newcastle's director of rugby, was heading out to the south-west corner
VISITORS to the Holiday and Travel Show, Cardiff, in February, can sign up for an exclusive IMAX cinema experience of the world's greatest natural attraction. The Arizona Office of Tourism's roadshow is touring six major cities in the UK with a special
LAST year saw several significant developments for Swalec in Wales and we're looking forward to continuing this trend in 2005. We've grown rapidly and now supply 1.2 million homes and businesses with electricity and gas. Consequently, our team based at
ORGANISERS of the first Welsh Good Homes Show say that interest in the event is exploding. They have booked a third exhibition room at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, to allow space for more participants. Planned for May 14 and 15, the show is aimed
IF 2005 is remembered for anything it will hopefully be the year all the hot air talked about the skills gap was turned into action. Modern apprenticeships were introduced a decade ago but have struggled to catch on, seemingly unloved by government and
AN ENTERPRISING recruitment agency is setting up a new training division to benefit both clients and jobseekers. And Draig Personnel has also unveiled plans for an education branch to supply teachers and classroom assistants to schools throughout Wales
THE MAN who created a membership-boosting database for Newport & Gwent Chamber of Com-merce has responded to the Asia crisis by devising an e-business helpline for donating goods, services and time. Phil Terrett, of Llangybi, is chairman of virtual
Safaris don't always have to be in Africa, as Ken Bennett discovers. DEEP in the forest of bright green ferns there was a resounding crash, a rustling and, after a short silence, a delighted bellow. Then, his blue eyes twinkling, a giant bear of a man
Ken Bennett explains why he thinks the Portuguese are unsung culinary heroes I WONDER if Delia Smith and Nigella Lawson, the darlings of every aspiring home cook, have even heard of a recipe called, rather mysteriously, Heaven's Bacon? Or, then again,
Employers in the UK are expressing their strongest New Year hiring intentions since records began, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey. Mark Cahill, managing director at Manpower, stated: "The fact that UK employers are reporting
Monmouthshire County Council are just one of many organisations that will be recruiting at Job Scene The Roadshow presented by the South Wales Argus after the popular event returns to the Newport Centre on 17 March 2005. The event was a great success
A GWENT travel firm at the centre of a redundancy row is having its licence revoked, it has been revealed. Up to 40 drivers and staff lost their jobs when 2 Travel closed its Cwmbran depot just days before Christmas. Now it has emerged that the Swansea-based
TICKETS for the Tsunami Relief Concert, which is to bring together some of the biggest names in pop, have sold out. Organisers said most of the phonelines were engaged yesterday with people eager to get their piece of history and help raise vital funds
A NEW recycling centre in Blaenau Gwent aims to dramatically increase the amount of waste recycled in the county borough. Wales' First Minister, Rhodri Morgan, officially opened the New Vale Trade Eco Centre last week. Based on the Waun-y-Pound Industrial
CAMPAIGNERS fighting against the housing of sex offenders at Prescoed prison are calling on their MP to put pressure on the Government - or face losing his seat. The Usk and Communities Action Group say Monmouth MP Huw Edwards could pay the price for
HOPES of building the world's largest freshwater aquarium in Gwent, bringing with it millions of tourists, were dashed yesterday. A site in the Caldicot area was being considered for the aquarium which, it was claimed, was expected to bring in up to two
JANE Hutt's departure has been greeted with a mixture of relief and regret in the health community, while despite shouting long and loud for a new face, political opponents seem distinctly underwhelmed by the change. Gwent GP Dr Tony Calland, chairman
POLICE are investigating threatening letters sent to a Gwent councillor by an inmate at Cardiff prison. Caerphilly Councillor Kevin Etheridge, pictured, from Blackwood, reported the first letter to the police when he received it just before Christmas.
POLICE are calling for a Newport school site to be closed after-hours in a bid to curb gangs of youths who residents say are "terrorising" them. In the latest incident, officers were called to break up a gang of around 30 teenagers in the Heather Road
